“Social work is the professional activity of helping individuals‚ groups‚ or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal” (Kirst-Ashman). There are multiple fields of practice in social work; each addressing a certain population or specific need. My experience visiting four social agencies gave me a better insight on what it really means to work as a licensed social worker. To complete my field survey I interviewed
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The University of the West Indies Open Campus NAME OF TEACHER: Mr. De Cotou NAME OF STUDENT: Gabriella James SUBJECT: Principles and Practices of Social Work lll INTRODUCTION Harry Aponte‚ ACSW‚ is currently a Professor at Hahneman University in Philadelphia‚ and is the Director of the Family Therapy Training Program of Philadelphia. Mr. Aponte is a family therapist with a special interest in the treatment of the poor‚ and many of the problems associated with poverty‚ including the
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Institute of Social Sciences Compiled by S.Rengasamy-History of Social Welfare / Social Work Contents History of Social Welfare/ Social Work ..........................................................................................................................3 The need to understand history of social work .............................................................................................................3 Framework to understand History of Social Welfare / Social Work ........
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The need for social work within the military should be a spotlight for the public‚ however‚ military issues have gotten more attention than in the past. People are aware of PTSD and TBI as common issues among the military‚ suicide and sexual abuse get attention as well. Important issues such as these should continue to receive public attention yet more common issues should be in the spotlight as well. Away from friends and family‚ dealing with finances and jumping into adult relationships usually
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SOCIAL WORK: PERSONAL STATEMENT. Having spent the last six years studying in the social care field‚ I have come to realise my passion in helping and assisting people who may be going through difficult stages in their life. So far‚ I have worked for a home care and a nursery. As a nursery assistant my role was to care and assist young children‚ aged between 6 months to 5 years old. On Mondays and Thursday I was planning and organising fun and intellectual activities such as drawing‚ painting
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Personal Philosophy 6th Period Gerardo Martinez I think that individuals in a society should function in a way to help each other to sustain a community alive and well. In order to keep the flow within a society continuous‚ the individuals in the society should abide by the rules of their community‚ which are set to prevent disorder or avoid a halt a community’s progress‚ and in this way a society can go on with its processes
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Family System in Social Work Practice The steps in the GIM practice skills involves understanding the entire family system; the amount of data involve to the organization of information; and understand the potential meanings of the information.Moreover‚ in the GIM practice‚ there are two useful tools for generating information such as eco-map and genogram. Eco-map tools will provide the graphic nature of the family ecological system that includes family membership and relationships. Whereas geno-grams
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Competencies In this context of social work‚ all of the competencies have a high level of importance. However‚ two competencies that are used frequently in this setting are engagement‚ assessment‚ and evaluation and critical thinking. Engagement includes having a common goal and being actively prepared and involved in the work environment and with clients. Assessment includes gathering data and interpreting it. This data includes a client’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ personal goals and potential intervention
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Reflecting upon my philosophy statement from earlier this semester‚ I still believe that every individual should be treated with love‚ respect‚ care‚ and equality‚ regardless of their race‚ gender‚ social class‚ disability‚ ethnicity‚ or other cultural identity. Completing this course has reassured my beliefs about how students with disabilities should be taught and how that aligns with their needs. After meeting classroom guests just as Dr. Levingston‚ I still believe as a society‚ we shouldn’t
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Mio Du Jiayu March 11th These days we are focusing on the topics of Confucius’ social and political philosophy. After finishing readings of this section‚ I would like to give reflections that mainly about Confucius’ view on governing and analyze the traditional culture and administration of our country. This essay will present my opinions about the merits and demerits of nowadays Chinese society’s government. First‚ let us deal with something that Confucius would say that Chinese
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